FC2 upgrade
Posted by creining | Filed under Linux/BSD
The Fedora project recently announced the release of Fedora Core 2 so I’ve gotten around to downloading the ISOs via BitTorrent. According to what I’ve read on Slashdot and the Fedora mailing lists, using yum to upgrade from FC1 to FC2, although possible, is not a good idea so that’s why I went the ISO/anaconda route. I did run into one major issue with upgrading to FC2 and that was sound output. ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) has been merged into the 2.6 series and replaces the older Open Sound System (OSS). After loading the Intel i810 audio driver (snd-intel8x0) I could not get any sound output. After fiddling around for awhile and not being able to get it working I installed a PCI Ensoniq 1371 card which worked just fine. I’ve found http://fedoranews.org to be a helpful site for keeping up with the Fedora project and the Fedora Core 2 SELinux FAQ to get a grasp on the SELinux features which I plan on playing around with.
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