When you get to the first prompt when installing, instead of just letting the default continue by itself, type:
linux selinux=0 reiserfs
Replace the ‘reiserfs’ with ‘jfs’ if you want that file system. You’ll have to include the selinux=0 because you can’t use SELinux with ReiserFS or JFS.
All too easy…
This is how-to-Install 3D desktop effects on a vanilla Fedora 10 installation (I tried this on a freshly installed Fedora 10, installed from DVD). Basically all you need to do is get 3d hardware acceleration enabled for your video card and then install the fusion-icon package and reboot. In the past this was easier said than done.
First Install the new rpmfusion non-free repositories. Rpmfusion is a new set of repositories that’s putting all the free and non-free repos like livna and freshrpms together in one place. Install your video driver kernel module, install fusion-icon, and reboot. YUM will handle all the compiz dependencies for you. Here’s the three steps along with their output.
[admica@myhost ~]$ sudo rpm -Uvh \
http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
Retrieving http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
warning: /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.PIcyrO: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID b1981b68
Preparing… ########################################### [100%]
1:rpmfusion-nonfree-relea########################################### [100%]
[admica@myhost ~]$ sudo yum install kmod-nvidia
yum install kmod-nvidia
Loaded plugins: fedorakmod, refresh-packagekit
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
–> Running transaction check
—> Package kmod-nvidia.x86_64 0:177.82-1.fc10.4 set to be updated
–> Processing Dependency: kmod-nvidia-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.x86_64 = 177.82-1.fc10.4 for package: kmod-nvidia
–> Running transaction check
—> Package kmod-nvidia-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.x86_64.x86_64 0:177.82-1.fc10.4 set to be updated
–> Processing Dependency: nvidia-kmod-common >= 177.82 for package: kmod-nvidia-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.x86_64
–> Running transaction check
—> Package xorg-x11-drv-nvidia.x86_64 0:177.82-1.fc10 set to be updated
–> Processing Dependency: xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-x86_64 = 177.82-1.fc10 for package: xorg-x11-drv-nvidia
–> Processing Dependency: livna-config-display >= 0.0.21 for package: xorg-x11-drv-nvidia
–> Processing Dependency: livna-config-display for package: xorg-x11-drv-nvidia
–> Running transaction check
—> Package xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.x86_64 0:177.82-1.fc10 set to be updated
—> Package livna-config-display.noarch 0:0.0.22-1.fc10 set to be updated
–> Processing Dependency: system-config-display for package: livna-config-display
–> Running transaction check
—> Package system-config-display.noarch 0:1.1.1-1.fc10 set to be updated
–> Processing Dependency: rhpxl >= 0.34-1 for package: system-config-display
–> Running transaction check
—> Package rhpxl.x86_64 0:1.9-3.fc10 set to be updated
–> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
=============================================================================================================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
=============================================================================================================================================================
Installing:
kmod-nvidia x86_64 177.82-1.fc10.4 rpmfusion-nonfree 23 k
Installing for dependencies:
kmod-nvidia-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.x86_64 x86_64 177.82-1.fc10.4 rpmfusion-nonfree 2.5 M
livna-config-display noarch 0.0.22-1.fc10 rpmfusion-nonfree 65 k
rhpxl x86_64 1.9-3.fc10 fedora 98 k
system-config-display noarch 1.1.1-1.fc10 fedora 193 k
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia x86_64 177.82-1.fc10 rpmfusion-nonfree 3.5 M
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs x86_64 177.82-1.fc10 rpmfusion-nonfree 6.2 M
Transaction Summary
=============================================================================================================================================================
Install 7 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 0 Package(s)
Total download size: 13 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/7): kmod-nvidia-177.82-1.fc10.4.x86_64.rpm | 23 kB 00:00
(2/7): livna-config-display-0.0.22-1.fc10.noarch.rpm | 65 kB 00:01
(3/7): rhpxl-1.9-3.fc10.x86_64.rpm | 98 kB 00:00
(4/7): system-config-display-1.1.1-1.fc10.noarch.rpm | 193 kB 00:00
(5/7): kmod-nvidia-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.x86_64-177.82-1.fc10.4.x86_64.rpm | 2.5 MB 00:52
(6/7): xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-177.82-1.fc10.x86_64.rpm | 3.5 MB 01:07
(7/7): xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-177.82-1.fc10.x86_64.rpm | 6.2 MB 02:01
————————————————————————————————————————————————————-
Total 53 kB/s | 13 MB 04:04
warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID b1981b68
rpmfusion-nonfree/gpgkey | 1.7 kB 00:00
Importing GPG key 0xB1981B68 “RPM Fusion repository (Fedora - nonfree) <rpmfusion-buildsys@lists.rpmfusion.org>” from /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmfusion-nonfree-fedora
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Installing : rhpxl 1/7
Installing : system-config-display 2/7
Installing : livna-config-display 3/7
Installing : kmod-nvidia 4/7
Installing : kmod-nvidia-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.x86_64 5/7
Installing : xorg-x11-drv-nvidia 6/7
Installing : xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs 7/7
Installed:
kmod-nvidia.x86_64 0:177.82-1.fc10.4
Dependency Installed:
kmod-nvidia-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.x86_64.x86_64 0:177.82-1.fc10.4 livna-config-display.noarch 0:0.0.22-1.fc10 rhpxl.x86_64 0:1.9-3.fc10
system-config-display.noarch 0:1.1.1-1.fc10 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia.x86_64 0:177.82-1.fc10 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.x86_64 0:177.82-1.fc10
Complete!
[admica@myhost ~]$ sudo yum install fusion-icon
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
–> Running transaction check
—> Package fusion-icon.noarch 0:0.1.0-0.3.5e2dc9git.fc10 set to be updated
–> Processing Dependency: fusion-icon-ui=0.1.0-0.3.5e2dc9git.fc10 for package: fusion-icon
–> Processing Dependency: ccsm for package: fusion-icon
–> Running transaction check
—> Package fusion-icon-qt.noarch 0:0.1.0-0.3.5e2dc9git.fc10 set to be updated
–> Processing Dependency: PyQt4 for package: fusion-icon-qt
—> Package ccsm.noarch 0:0.7.6-2.fc10 set to be updated
–> Processing Dependency: compizconfig-python >= 0.7.6 for package: ccsm
–> Processing Dependency: libcompizconfig >= 0.7.6 for package: ccsm
–> Processing Dependency: python-sexy for package: ccsm
–> Running transaction check
—> Package PyQt4.x86_64 0:4.4.3-1.fc10 set to be updated
–> Processing Dependency: sip >= 4.7.7 for package: PyQt4
—> Package compizconfig-python.x86_64 0:0.7.6-1.fc10 set to be updated
—> Package libcompizconfig.x86_64 0:0.7.6-2.fc10 set to be updated
—> Package python-sexy.x86_64 0:0.1.9-6.fc10 set to be updated
–> Running transaction check
—> Package sip.x86_64 0:4.7.7-3.fc10 set to be updated
–> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
=====================================================================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
=====================================================================================================================
Installing:
fusion-icon noarch 0.1.0-0.3.5e2dc9git.fc10 fedora 43 k
Installing for dependencies:
PyQt4 x86_64 4.4.3-1.fc10 fedora 3.1 M
ccsm noarch 0.7.6-2.fc10 fedora 679 k
compizconfig-python x86_64 0.7.6-1.fc10 fedora 43 k
fusion-icon-qt noarch 0.1.0-0.3.5e2dc9git.fc10 fedora 6.7 k
libcompizconfig x86_64 0.7.6-2.fc10 fedora 63 k
python-sexy x86_64 0.1.9-6.fc10 fedora 24 k
sip x86_64 4.7.7-3.fc10 fedora 237 k
Transaction Summary
=====================================================================================================================
Install 8 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 0 Package(s)
Total download size: 4.2 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/8): fusion-icon-qt-0.1.0-0.3.5e2dc9git.fc10.noarch.rpm | 6.7 kB 00:00
(2/8): python-sexy-0.1.9-6.fc10.x86_64.rpm | 24 kB 00:00
(3/8): fusion-icon-0.1.0-0.3.5e2dc9git.fc10.noarch.rpm | 43 kB 00:00
(4/8): compizconfig-python-0.7.6-1.fc10.x86_64.rpm | 43 kB 00:00
(5/8): libcompizconfig-0.7.6-2.fc10.x86_64.rpm | 63 kB 00:00
(6/8): sip-4.7.7-3.fc10.x86_64.rpm | 237 kB 00:00
(7/8): ccsm-0.7.6-2.fc10.noarch.rpm | 679 kB 00:01
(8/8): PyQt4-4.4.3-1.fc10.x86_64.rpm | 3.1 MB 00:05
———————————————————————————————————————
Total 475 kB/s | 4.2 MB 00:09
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Installing : libcompizconfig 1/8
Installing : compizconfig-python 2/8
Installing : python-sexy 3/8
Installing : sip 4/8
Installing : PyQt4 5/8
Installing : ccsm 6/8
Installing : fusion-icon 7/8
Installing : fusion-icon-qt 8/8
Installed:
fusion-icon.noarch 0:0.1.0-0.3.5e2dc9git.fc10
Dependency Installed:
PyQt4.x86_64 0:4.4.3-1.fc10 ccsm.noarch 0:0.7.6-2.fc10
compizconfig-python.x86_64 0:0.7.6-1.fc10 fusion-icon-qt.noarch 0:0.1.0-0.3.5e2dc9git.fc10
libcompizconfig.x86_64 0:0.7.6-2.fc10 python-sexy.x86_64 0:0.1.9-6.fc10
sip.x86_64 0:4.7.7-3.fc10
Complete!
Now reboot and the next time gnome/kde/xfce/whatever runs, you can open a terminal and run fusion-icon and it will handle loading the 3d environment for you.
[admica@myhost ~]$ fusion-icon &
* Detected Session: unknown
* Searching for installed applications…
* NVIDIA on Xorg detected, exporting: __GL_YIELD=NOTHING
* Using the GTK Interface
* Interface not installed
… Trying another interface
blah blah blah, and it works… To get better looking themes, try installing emerald and emerald-themes.
You want to install a special version of openssl that’s not the latest release, but some other app requires that specific one — how do you do it?
Lets assume you don’t have the right repository installed, and you need to set that up first. If you’re looking for some package that you know is in freshrpms or livna, then right out of the box, the default fedora installation won’t look in those repositories. So import the GPG key and add the repo file.
rpm –import http://freshrpms.net/RPM-GPG-KEY-freshrpms
rpm -ivh http://ftp.freshrpms.net/pub/freshrpms/fedora/linux/8/freshrpms-release/freshrpms-release-1.1-1.fc.noarch.rpm
The –import lets the gpg check pass, and will fail if someone tries to stick a bad package in their repo, unless they’ve gotten ahold of their key a-la the fedora fiasco a few months ago. But don’t worry about any of that right now. Just import the key or else yum will complain when you try to install anything. The 2nd line “rpm -ivh”, that’s going to install a package. The package will have the .repo file, and it will put it in /etc/yum.repos.d/ that’s what really enables you to search in freshrpms.
Here’s another one, installing livna this time (livna is great for nvidia and ati drivers. They compile the video drivers for specific kernels and package them for you.)
rpm –import http://livna-dl.reloumirrors.net/RPM-LIVNA-GPG-KEY
rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-8.rpm
Now onto installing a specific version of something. If you know what you’re looking for, say openssl for example, put the version after the package name when you install it from the command line. You can also specify the architecture and distribution release version too. But when that doesn’t work, try this:
Name Last modified Size
Parent Directory - core/ 17-Oct-2006 12:46 - development/ 23-Nov-2008 06:30 - extras/ 18-Jun-2007 21:00 - releases/ 18-Nov-2008 22:12 - updates/ 21-Nov-2008 19:16
$ sudo yum localinstall openssl-0.9.8g-9.fc9.i686.rpm
Got a process that you want to restart in a script but it doesn’t respond nicely? Use the sleep command in your script and check its status after you start, stop, or kill it. After incrementally backing off a few times, waiting longer and longer, I give up and exit with an error. But you could come back later, or basically raise an exception by saving the value of “$?”. You can do this as you start a process and want to make sure it’s fully up and running before moving on because it dies sometimes unexpectedly. There’s a ton of uses for sleep.
DAEMON=myapp
sudo /etc/rc.d/init.d/$DAEMON start
sleep 1
if [ `sudo ps -ef | grep -c $DAEMON` == "1" ]; then
sleep 2
if [ `sudo ps -ef | grep -c $DAEMON` == "1" ]; then
sleep 3
if [ `sudo ps -ef | grep -c $DAEMON` == "1" ]; then
sleep 3
if [ `sudo ps -ef | grep -c $DAEMON` == "1" ]; then
echo
echo “ERROR: $DAEMON did not restart.”
echo “Quitting Early!…”
exit 1
fi
fi
fi
fi
I wouldn’t do it this way for a production network, but i’ve set up similar configurations for testing in vmware, in a research environment, and in a production environment. So instead of a step by step, here’s a quick run through… It should clear up some of the missing pieces when you try to go from a basic ldap server to multiple servers with startTLS encryption.
If you haven’t done this before, you might want to break it into pieces like getting just the primary LDAP server up with no encryption first. But you can find those how-to’s anywhere. Go big or go home right?
On the Server, become root and install OpenLDAP packages.
The machine you designate as the ’server’ will need “openldap-servers” and “openldap-clients” because you’ll want the server to be a client of itself. You’ll also need “nss_ldap” which, from yum info, allows LDAP to be used as a primary source of aliases, ethers, groups, hosts, networks, protocol, users, RPCs, services, and shadow passwords, and contains PAM support for password changes, V2 clients, Netscape’s SSL, ypldapd, Netscape Directory Server password policies, access authorization, and crypted hashes.
$ sudo su -
# yum install openldap-server openldap-clients nss_ldap
Generate a master password using slappasswd, copy and paste this password into slapd.conf
# /usr/sbin/slappasswd
New password:
Re-enter new password:
{SSHA}kc20D+e1Q25OXi39YnfVvj8zSrSto3TT
My LDAP primary server’s hostname is “server1″. I’ll also set up a replica server named “server2″. My network’s domain is “mydomain.com”. So your /etc/openldap/slapd.conf. I’m going to setup both servers and the encryption all at the same time. If you run into issues after all this, you might not know which part you’ve messed up at, but starting ldap using lots of logging will let us figure out where it’s hung up. This should all come out fine and work like a charm, so just go for it. But if you really don’t like that approach, feel free to skip the encyption and/or replica server parts (comment them out and delete the “tls_ssf=256″ parts iin slapd.conf) and come back to them later. Only the last section stating with comment “Replica” will be different on your replica server2. They’ll point to your primary server, server1, of course!
The finished version of /etc/openldap/slapd.conf should look like this:
include /etc/openldap/schema/core.schema
include /etc/openldap/schema/cosine.schema
include /etc/openldap/schema/inetorgperson.schema
include /etc/openldap/schema/nis.schema
include /etc/openldap/schema/misc.schema
allow bind_v2
pidfile /var/run/openldap/slapd.pid
argsfile /var/run/openldap/slapd.argsTLSRandFile /dev/random
TLSCipherSuite HIGH:MEDIUM:+SSLv2:+SSLv3:RSA
TLSCACertificateFile /etc/openldap/cacerts/slapd1.pem
TLSCertificateFile /etc/openldap/cacerts/slapd1.pem
TLSCertificateKeyFile /etc/openldap/cacerts/slapd1.pemaccess to attrs=shadowLastChange,userPassword,shadowMax,shadowWarning
by tls_ssf=256 ssf=256 self write
by tls_ssf=256 ssf=256 anonymous auth
by * none
access to *
by tls_ssf=256 ssf=256 users read
by tls_ssf=256 ssf=256 self write
by tls_ssf=256 ssf=256 * read
by * nonedatabase bdb
suffix “dc=mydomain.com”
rootdn “cn=Manager,dc=mydomain.com”
rootpw {SSHA}kc20D+e1Q25OXi39YnfVvj8zSrSto3TT
directory /var/lib/ldaptimeout 30
cachesize 2500
checkpoint 256 30
searchstack 8# Indices to maintain
index objectClass eq,pres
index ou,cn,mail,surname,givenname eq,pres,sub
index uidNumber,gidNumber,loginShell eq,pres
index uid,memberUid eq,pres,sub
index nisMapName,nisMapEntry eq,pres,sub# Replicas
replica uri=ldap://server2.mydomain.com:389
bindmethod=simple
binddn=”cn=Manager,dc=mydomain.com”
credentials=PlainTextPassword
replogfile /var/lib/ldap/master-replog
The replica’s slapd.conf will include this part instead of the last section:
updatedn "uid=Manager,dc=mydomiain.com" updateref ldaps://server1.mydomain.com
Create a self signed certificate on server1 and do it again on server2.
Put both pem files on both servers and on all clients. Clients need the public part so they can talk to either server in case one goes kaboom! and a replica server has to take over for awhile. Make sure you use the server’s hostname for “Common Name” when you’re creating them. You can fill in the rest with whatever junk you want.
# cd /etc/openldap/cacerts/
# openssl req -newkey rsa:2048 -x509 -nodes \
-out server.pem -keyout server.pem -days 3650
You’ll get a server.pem file with the private key and certificate together. The clients only need the certificate part in their /etc/openldap/cacerts/ directory in order to communicate with the servers. If you want to save time and it’s just for demo installation, you can just leave the keys in there and copy the files to everyone. NO I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS FOR ANY TYPE OF PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT! I’m just saying that if you want to save time and you’re just testing this stuff out in virtual machines or a private network, then it will work!
Import the local accounts into the LDAP database.
It’s easiest if you just create all the local accounts you want to start with, using whatever method you normally use to make them. I use useradd from the commandline.
# useradd -u 1234 -g 1234 -G wheel zerocool
Run the migration script to fill the ldap database with your accounts.
# /usr/share/openldap/migration/migrate_all_offline.sh
Creating naming context entries…
Migrating groups…
Migrating hosts…
…
Don’t panic! They’re not actually migrating, they’re replicating. Your local accounts will still be there and they’ll actually be looked at first on any machine because you’ll put “ldap” at the end of any lines in /etc/nsswitch.conf. This means ldap will be considered after everything lese defined. Think of it like how /etc/hosts supercedes DNS lookups.
Make sure the ldap user (automatically created by your openldap package installation) owns the files in your database directory and the certificates.
# chown -R ldap:ldap /var/lib/ldap
# chown ldap:ldap /etc/openldap/cacerts/*.pem
Edit /etc/sysconfig/ldap
You want to make it start LDAP and LDAPS so it will listen on ports 389 and 689. It’s probably not necessary, but maybe you’ll run into a legacy application that uses encryption but doesn’t like StartTLS.
# cat /etc/sysconfig/ldap
…
# At least one of SLAPD_LDAP, SLAPD_LDAPI and SLAPD_LDAPS must be set to ‘yes’!
#
# Run slapd with -h “… ldap:/// …”
# yes/no, default: yes
SLAPD_LDAP=yes# Run slapd with -h “… ldapi:/// …”
# yes/no, default: no
SLAPD_LDAPI=no# Run slapd with -h “… ldaps:/// …”
# yes/no, default: no
SLAPD_LDAPS=yes
Copy DB_CONFIG.example to the database directory.
If you don’t have this file or something like it, renamed to “DB_CONFIG” in there, you will see warnings when you try to start the ldap service. So just copy and forget about it.
# cp /etc/openldap/DB_CONFIG.example /var/lib/ldap/
At this point, the server side of things is done, however, you won’t be able to verify this until you set up the server as a client. So continue on with server1. Edit /etc/ldap.conf and tell it the server, where in the tree to start searching from, and where to get encryption info from. Or you can just run /usr/bin/authconfig-tui which is provided by package “authconfig”. This will prompt you for all the fields necessary to configure the machine for ldap. I use “localhost” for the server, but the actual dns name or ip address for the server for the clients.
Configure /etc/ldap.conf on the clients (and the server so it can be a client of itself)
# cat /etc/ldap.conf
base dc=mydomain.com
uri ldap://localhost
timelimit 3
bind_timelimit 3
idle_timelimit 3600
nss_initgroups_ignoreusers root,ldap,named,avahi,haldaemon,dbus,tomcat,radiusd,news,mailman,nscd
ssl start_tls
tls_checkpeer yes
tls_cacertfile /etc/openldap/cacerts/slapd.pem
tls_randfile /dev/random
tls_cacertdir /etc/openldap/cacerts
pam_password md5
Configure the OS to actually acknowledge LDAP’s existence
Add “ldap” to the passwd, shadow, and group lines in /etc/nsswitch.conf and edit PAM settings. If you used authconfig-tui, this will get added automagically for you. When you’re done nsswitch should include this:
# grep ldap /etc/nsswitch.conf
passwd: files ldap
shadow: files ldap
group: files ldap
Start the ldap service on the primary and replica servers. You should see the primary server start both slapd and slurpd while the replica just starts slapd. That’s it.
There’s a lot to do in Saints Row 2, so in order to get from mission to mission the quickest, you’ll want to surround yourself with the fastest cars available. Get to your crib and find the “Customize Gang” area. You get three gang cars that will randomly appear throughout the game in your hoods. Ditch the slow ones you start with and use some exotics and maybe throw in a hummer or 4 door sport sedan.
This will make it easier to get to wherever you want to be because whenever you’re in your gang lands, you’ll see your cars all over the place. When you see one, just press up on the dpad to recruit the driver and he’ll stop the car and get out immediately. Normally when you try to carjack exotics on the street, they take off as soon as you make your move. I like the exotics because they turn and brake quickly and get up to full speed the fastest, but it seems like all cars have the same top end speed.
Fly helicopters when you can. The best ones in the game are the ambulance, police, and news helicopters. That is, until you get the attack chopper. But you won’t get to fly it outside of a mission until you’re at the end game. All of the choppers fly about the same, but you’ll probably notice the Thompson chopper is almost broken. You have to fly it pretty slow or else don’t even think about raising your altitude and flying straight at the same time. You’ll end up upside down, crashing into stuff, and then exploding.
There were a lot of things in Grand Theft Auto that I didn’t like, such as annoying cousins calling me every five minutes wanting to get picked up. The story line just got boring. With all of the side missions and diversions available in Saints Row 2, you won’t get bored for a second. And the story throughout the cut scenes is the best I’ve seen yet. Other than the occasional glitch or complete freeze up, it’s one of the best games i’ve played. I like the idea of having melee styles, but the developers should have put more work into the hand to hand combat system
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