KVM in fedora 13
Quick note to self:
Install kvm:
yum install virt-manager libvirt libvirt-python python-virtinst kvm
While setting up KVM on a fedora 13 host, remember to
set the default network to autostart,
virsh net-define /usr/share/libvirt/networks/default.xml
virsh net-autostart default
virsh net-start default
then after that, edit
vi /etc/sysctl.conf
and set
net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
and reload and restart libvirtd:
service libvirtd reload
service libvirtd restart
or the network will be down on all guests.
source: http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/13/html/Virtualization_Guide/index.html
update on Dropbox Servicemenu
Since I find this servicemenu very useful, I’ll continue packaging it. I have placed it inside my own repository as it is not suitable for inclusion in fedora (as in not so useful since the dropbox client is gnome only and this does not use dropbox-nautilus, but assumes you have followed this guide here or similar).
To install this on fedora you will need to put this in /etc/yum.repos.d/magnu5.repo:
[magnu5] name=magnu5 baseurl=http://magnu5.fedorapeople.org/repo/$releasever/ enabled=1 gpgcheck=0
or install the rpm for the repo:
yum install http://magnu5.fedorapeople.org/repo/magnu5-1.0-1.fc13.noarch.rpm --nogpgcheck
Then
yum install dropbox-servicemenu
Dropbox Servicemenu
I was looking for a new project to package, and I found this: http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?action=content&content=124416 .
Then I made this: http://magnu5.fedorapeople.org/review/dropbox-servicemenu/
dropbox-servicemenu
I haven’t tested this yet, and the RPM’s lack documentation, will query upstream to make some. In the meantime, you can enjoy this with your fedora kde!
Requires: dropbox, python, sqlite and kde.
ffmpegthumbnailer & kffmpegthumbnailer
I just pushed kffmpegthumbnailer into rpmfusion-free for fedora 12, 13 and devel. This is a much faster video thumbnail generator than mplayerthumbs.
This should be installable using yum in a week or so, ffmpegthumbnailer has already hit the repository.
kopete-protocol-facebook is no more
This plugin has been obsoleted by upstream, facebook now supports the xmpp protocol and it’s preferred to use this instead.
More information:
http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=297991732130
http://duncan.mac-vicar.com/blog/archives/644
Skype on Fedora 12
Howto install Skype on 64bit Fedora 12.
1. Set up the skype.repo
vi /etc/yum.repos.d/skype.repo
[skype]
name=Skype Repository
baseurl=http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/fedora/updates/i586/
#gpgkey=http://www.skype.com/products/skype/linux/rpm-public-key.asc
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-skype
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
2. run
yum install qt-x11.i686 qt.i686 libXScrnSaver.i686 libXv.i686
3. run
yum install --nogpgcheck skype
This will get you Skype 2.1.0.81
Source from http://fedorasolved.org/multimedia-solutions/installing-skype
kopete-protocol-facebook
Kopete-facebook is now called kopete-protocol-facebook, as that is the upstream name used in openSUSE.
Build 0.1.5-5 is now in koji, http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=9795
Kopete-facebook-0.1.4-4
QJSon has now gotten into the Fedora repositories, I am not the maintainer of it. You should remove libqjson* that you have installed from here, and instead use the official build.
su -c 'yum remove libqjson* && yum install qjson'
After that you install kopete-facebook:
F11
32 bit:
su -c 'rpm -Uhv http://rubbad.com/files/fedora/11/RPM/i586/kopete-facebook-0.1.4-4.fc11.i586.rpm‘
64 bit:
su -c 'rpm -Uhv http://rubbad.com/files/fedora/11/RPM/x86_64/kopete-facebook-0.1.4-4.fc11.x86_64.rpm‘
F12
32 bit:
su -c 'rpm -Uhv http://rubbad.com/files/fedora/12/RPM/i586/kopete-facebook-0.1.4-4.fc12.i686.rpm'
64 bit:
su -c 'rpm -Uhv http://rubbad.com/files/fedora/12/RPM/x86_64/kopete-facebook-0.1.4-4.fc12.x86_64.rpm'
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=544739
SPEC file and SRPM:
http://rubbad.com/files/fedora/12/SP…-facebook.spec
http://rubbad.com/files/fedora/12/SR…4.fc12.src.rpm
Input appreciated on the spec file.
Thread on fedoraforums: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=227463
openSUSE 11.2
openSUSE 11.2 went public a while ago and I thought I’d check it out. Suse was one of the first distributions I began experimenting with linux on. I was impressed then (opensuse 9.0), and 11.2 does not let me down. Everything I’ve thrown at it thus far has been successful. OpenSuse has always had a great KDE implementation, and KDE 4.3.1 that is shipped with 11.2 is no letdown. KDE 4.3.4 is available too from the repositories after some manual intervention. There are some small hiccups in getting the multimedia to work as it should, enabling the Packman repo and installing gecko-mediaplayer results in Firefox crashing every time you attempt to start it. RedDwarf has a newer release that fixes it in the build service however. Oh yeah, I’ve rebuilt the kopete-protocol-facebook plugin for openSUSE too, their version doesn’t show the buddylist. Get it from the build service. My repo is here: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Magnu5:/Kopete-protocol-facebook-git/openSUSE_11.2/
one click install: http://software.opensuse.org/ymp/home:Magnu5:Kopete-protocol-facebook-git/openSUSE_11.2/kopete-protocol-facebook.ymp
Another kopete-facebook-0.1.4-2 post
Just finished building for Fedora 11 i586 and Fedora 12 i686, libqjson also updated to 0.6.3 on Fedora 11.
Files available here.