Dare to Dream?

I assume that you are running a version of FC

1) Import the GPG key from the fedora server

Assuming you are doing it on a FC6 base system
wget -c http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/os/RPM-GPG-KEY
rpm –import RPM-GPG-KEY

2) Once import is done, check your rpm with

rpm -V rpm_name

…thanks to paranoid Lap_64 to bring this up!
lolz!

If you work like me, editing & moving files constantly between two users on the same linux box, you know that copying files from one home directory to another is hell! Specially because each time you have to switch to root, copy & then chown it to the new user!

I’ve got a better idea…
1) Open /etc/hosts file & add a very short name for your localhost, like “a” or “b” or something small.
2) Now when you want to copy, use scp [to localhost] instead of cp. It will automatically do the things for you

Though there might be other *smart* hacks to do this, i’m pretty content with this one.

Playing Q3 on a Dell Latitude - D610 is tough without your ATI card supporting your moves

This is how to enable support for your ATI Radeon Mobility M300…
[btw, just to mention, I’m using Dell Latitude - D610 notebook]

1) Go to ATI’s website & download the driver install system
To be more generic, www.ati.com > Drivers & Software > Linux Display Drivers and Software > Linux x86 > Notebooks with ATI Graphics > ATI Proprietary Linux x86 Display Drivers for XFREE86 / X. Org Version 8.23.7 > ATI Driver Installer [download]

2) Download the file mentioned in step (1) & give it executable permissions with “chmod +x file-name.run”

3) Run the installer & choose default installation when asked for default/custom install.

4) Once the installation finishes, run “aticonfig –initial”

5) Reboot! You’ll experience a change in resolution once you reboot & relogin to your desktop.

6) Run & play Q3/Doom3 happily

Run vino-preferences & configure it as per your choice

Then do “vncviewer makuchaku:0″ to access your desktop in rw mode
You can add -viewonly to the above command to make it viewonly.

[update]
oh, forgot, you need to get vnc installed on your machine to use vncviewer
yum install vnc
[/update]

Sound in FC4

It was a matter of just one click & we were banging our heads against the wall from past one night…

(Gnome) Applications > Sound & Video > Volume Control > Prefrences > check “External Amplifier” & also enable it from the main window.

MP3 playback in Amarok

rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/4/i386/RPMS.lvn/livna-release-4-0.lvn.5.4.noarch.rpm
yum install gstreamer gstreamer-plugins gstreamer-plugins-mp3