On 11/28/2012 02:38 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > And how do I change the # of kernels? Edit /etc/yum.conf to change the installonly_limit parameter. Currently set to 3. 0 means keep all.

On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 7:03 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Right now I have a 300Mb /boot and 768Mb swap leaving ~2.7Gb for /. Not sure why you would bother with separate /boot and / partitions on a system with only 4GB of mass storage. Just go with a single partition, and limit the installed kernels to two -- current and previous -- to save space. I didn't even have a swap partition on my 900A when I was using the 4GB flash drive that came with it. but I had 2GB of RAM, so swap wasn't much needed for the kinds of tasks I set that little machine to. Of course, I didn't need hibernation, either.

Right now I have a 300Mb /boot and 768Mb swap leaving ~2.7Gb for /.

I deselected everything I could and DID get gnome installed with 320Mb left open. But this is not enough to get VLC installed to view an mp4 file. Can't figure out how to get Totem to view an mp4.

What else is out there?

On 11/26/2012 07:08 AM, Andras Simon wrote:

>> It was quite a pain getting to this point as the ee701 has a narrow >> screen and you cannont move the screens in install to see what is off >> the bottom of the screen. You just have to guess.... > Or switch to an external monitor. I tired that too, but the ee701 will not switch into a different resolution even with an external monitor. At least during the install screens.

Allegedly, on or about 25 November 2012, Robert Moskowitz sent: > It was quite a pain getting to this point as the ee701 has a narrow > screen and you cannont move the screens in install to see what is off > the bottom of the screen. You just have to guess.... I haven't tried this in the installer, but on the working system: Holding down the ALT key, then clicking somewhere in the window you want to move, and dragging it one way or another, with the ALT key and mouse button held down, allows you to move a window that, otherwise, doesn't want to move. Whether that's because it's already hard against the edge of the screen, or you can't get the mouse to a title bar. This should work whether you use a mouse, or something emulating it.

It was quite a pain getting to this point as the ee701 has a narrow screen and you cannont move the screens in install to see what is off the bottom of the screen. You just have to guess....

On 11/25/2012 11:46 PM, Phil Dobbin wrote: > On 11/26/2012 04:40 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > >> I did the minimal install on my ee701. At least the first attempt. >> >> I set my swap at 768Mb, and left /boot at 500Mb (probably could shrink >> this next time). This left 2.7Gb for / >> >> That swap will be too small for hibernate.... >> >> So a minimal install with also selecting Gnome (and deselecting a few >> things like snapwell or whatever it is called) resulting in only 737Mb >> used in /! Now I have a local repo, so I was able to select my local >> update repo to eliminate the update step. >> >> So when the computer boots, I come up in multiuser, not graphical and it >> did not prompt me to create a non-root user and all those other first >> time boot options of a regular install. Sooo... >> >> How do I start gnome so I can use its tools for things like creating my >> userID? >> Whatelse do I need to set from the 1st time boot? >> How do I change the runtime to grahical with no /etc/inittab? I looked >> at what inittab has in it now and tried the ln command: >> >> ln -s /lib/systemd/system/graphical.target >> /etc/systemd/system/default.target >> >> But of course this fails as there already is the symbolic link to >> multi-user. >> >> It was quite a pain getting to this point as the ee701 has a narrow >> screen and you cannont move the screens in install to see what is off >> the bottom of the screen. You just have to guess.... > Not that it's much use now but for future reference, there is an option > to earmark first boot for install at the Optional Installs stage. But you have to see that, and it is at the bottom of the screen, so I would have have notes on what <alt> key to activate it. It would be nice to find some screenshots of all the f17 install pages.... Oh, and what do I install to get semanage?

I did the minimal install on my ee701. At least the first attempt. I set my swap at 768Mb, and left /boot at 500Mb (probably could shrink this next time). This left 2.7Gb for / That swap will be too small for hibernate.... So a minimal install with also selecting Gnome (and deselecting a few things like snapwell or whatever it is called) resulting in only 737Mb used in /! Now I have a local repo, so I was able to select my local update repo to eliminate the update step. So when the computer boots, I come up in multiuser, not graphical and it did not prompt me to create a non-root user and all those other first time boot options of a regular install. Sooo... How do I start gnome so I can use its tools for things like creating my userID? Whatelse do I need to set from the 1st time boot? How do I change the runtime to grahical with no /etc/inittab? I looked at what inittab has in it now and tried the ln command: ln -s /lib/systemd/system/graphical.target /etc/systemd/system/default.target But of course this fails as there already is the symbolic link to multi-user. It was quite a pain getting to this point as the ee701 has a narrow screen and you cannont move the screens in install to see what is off the bottom of the screen. You just have to guess....