On 30.07.2013 00:03, Rolf Turner wrote: > > Thanks "poma" (???) and Harald. It sounds like you may have solved my > problem .... but I'm afraid that your advice is too cryptic for my poor > feeble > brain. Can either of you (or someone else) spell out in tedious detail > just > what I need to do? I cannot figure out whether things written in your > messages > are commands that I issue at the command line or lines that I need to > insert > into certain files. And if so, which files? I'm sure it's all obvious > to you guys, > but it leaves me floundering. > > Some specific questions: > > (1) "poma's" original posting referred to the directory /boot/extlinux > and a file therein called extlinux.conf. On my system there is no > directory > "extlinux" in /boot. The only subdirectories of /boot are "efi", "grub" > and > "grub2". > > Should I create the directory /boot/extlinux and the file > /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf? > Or is there some other incantation that I should invoke? > > (2) Likewise the original posting refers to <drivername>. How do I > find/figure out > the *name* of the driver associated with the internal WiFi card? This > may sound > clueless, but I guess I am clueless. > > (3) I did "man 7 dracut.cmdline" and found the reference to > "rd.driver.blacklist" > but I could not fathom what it was saying. > > (4) The original posting contains: >> e.g. >> /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf >> append … rd.driver.blacklist=<drivername> > Is the line "append … rd.driver.blacklist=<drivername>" to be placed > in the file /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf? (After I figure out what to > substitute > for "<drivername>" of course.) Are the three dots "..." literal? Or > are are they a filler for something that I need to insert? If so, what > do I need to insert? I haven't a clue! > > (5) I have found the file /boot/grub2/grub.cfg alright. But it has a > header > saying "DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE". It goes on to say: >> # It is automatically generated by grub2-mkconfig using templates >> # from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub > > So do I need to edit /etc/default/grub? Or what? > > (6) In respect of "poma's" follow-up posting: Do I create a file > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.<modulename>.conf (after having figured > out what "<modulename>" should be) and place in it the line: > > blacklist <modulename> > > (again after having figured out what "<modulename>" should be) ? > > (7) In /etc/modprobe.d there is already a file called "blacklist.conf" in > which there are many many lines such as: > >> # watchdog drivers >> blacklist i8xx_tco >> >> # framebuffer drivers >> blacklist aty128fb >> blacklist atyfb >> blacklist radeonfb >> blacklist i810fb >> blacklist cirrusfb > ......... > > Could I just put "blacklist <modulename>" into that file? > > (8) "poma" says " However OP should upgrade, anyway." I'm sure that > I should. But the thought terrifies me. After all that I have read on > this > list recently about problems with Fedora 19, with fedup, with "yum > upgrade". > I have understood almost none of the discourse but it seems to indicate > that upgrading is essentially impossible unless you *really* know what you > are doing. And I don't. > > Is there a simple (hah!) recipe by means of which I could upgrade? E.g. > could I just type > > sudo fedup > > at the command line? Or perhaps > > sudo yum upgrade > > ??? If either would work, what are the implications of using the one > rather > than the other? > > Thanks for any insight. > > cheers, > > Rolf Turner > > Step by step. ;) This is the hyperlink: https://support.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/kb/reply-above-or-below-quoted-text Below quoted text, s'il vous plaît. This is the command - c/p into reply s'il vous plaît: $ lspci -knn poma -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
