On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:56:19 +0200 lars.bjorndal@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Lars Bjørndal) wrote: > Hope someone can help me with the following two issues. I've used > yum to upgrade from Fedora 10 to Fedora 11. > > The computer is an Lenove X61S laptop. Output from 'uname -rv' is: > '2.6.29.6-213.fc11.i686.PAE #1 SMP Tue Jul 7 20:59:29 EDT 2009'. > > 1. Text mode > > I prefere to use the console, e.g. text only mode, and so I've set the > system to start up in runlevel 3. Output from 'runlevel' is 'N 3'. > > The problem is that I get 48 lines and many more columns than the > usual 80 (don't remember exactly how many). > > In /etc/grub.conf, I have added the vga=normal paramtere, as follows: > > title Fedora (2.6.29.6-213.fc11.i686.PAE) > root (hd0,2) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.29.6-213.fc11.i686.PAE ro > root=/dev/vg/root0 > initrd /initrd-2.6.29.6-213.fc11.i686.PAE.img vga=normal > > In the /var/log/messages, I see a line like this: > > Jul 29 12:45:03 lapx kernel: Console: colour VGA+ 80x25 > > Even thoug, after logging in on the console, I have too many lines and > columns. Also, I can see that the environment variables LINES and > COLUMNS are set to the amount of lines/columns that are displayed. > > What has changed from Fedora 10 to Fedora 11, that could cause this > behaviour, and what can I do to fix it? I think the vga=normal is supposed to be on the kernel line. At least that is where I always put my similar command vga=0x317, which creates a console identical to the one you don't want. :-) > > 2. The wireless network will not start at boot time > > The wpa_supplicant service is activated, and also the network sercice. > NetworkManager however, is disabled. The > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0 looks like this: > > # Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN Network Connection > DEVICE=wlan0 > BOOTPROTO=dhcp > HWADDR=00:1f:3b:ad:eb:13 > PEERDNS=yes > ONBOOT=yes > > Anyway, the computer hangs for a long time while looking for IP > information for wlan0, and the process ends with som unsuccess on ping > to the dhcp's IP address. Doing 'ifup wlan0' after logging in, works. > > Also this issue occured after upgrading the system. What can I do to > fix this problem? I recall someone saying something on the list about another setting, that ONBOOT doesn't really start the network on boot, there is share network connection or some other parameter you have to set to yes. > > Regards, > Lars > -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
