Re: Two FC7 questions

On Sunday 04 November 2007, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
Gene Heskett wrote:
On Sunday 04 November 2007, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
It should not remove the running kernel!

I don't recall the exact version I was booted to at the time, but on the
next bootup I only had 2 kernels left as choice, whereas smart had been
told to leave the kernels alone, yumex apparently had been given no such
instructions, so it merrily nuked the one that was running, /lib/module
entries and all.

Yum defaults to having 2 kernels. It will save the kernel you are
currently using, and install the new one. You can change this to
save more, or to never remove an old kernel.

Smart didn't have any livna repos defined, and wouldn't handle some sort
of an mplayer update because of that, so I used yumex. Now smart is
crashing too.

I am guessing that you
booted a kernel that was not using ndiswrapper when doing the
update.

No, its init was part of my rc.local.

It does not need to be loaded - just have a working ndiswrapper for
the kernel you booted with.

I found the load sequence was wrong and it would never work, so I had written
a script way back when fc7 was freshly installed to unload all the modules,
and reload them in the correct order, and that is run from my rc.local
script. Generally, once the script has been run, it Just Works(TM) but I
think I'd disabled that when the kernel got nuked, but running it by hand
gave errors now because of module renaming.

So whats the cure for the blanker caused blue smoke from my ears?

One thing that may work is to run something like "xset dpms off" in
an xterm. As long as nothing else overrides it, your screen will not
blank. I am assuming that you already have the screen saver turned off.

I had it set in the kde prefs for 2 hours.

We can not have you weaving all over the road! It is bad enough that
you are looking over at the laptop when driving. (I find that a
small 12V monitor like they use for backup cameras mounted where you
can glance at it without taking your eyes off the road work well. I
thought about the review mirror replacement displays, but the sun
visor ones would be easier to read. What I really want is a heads-up
display for the motor home.

Its generally a quick glance to get the speed, which roadnav displays
along the bottom of the screen in a font I can read in about 1 second
flat. Anything else I generally have to pull over to do because the mouse
pointer is so damned tiny, and my bluetooth mouse doesn't run at less than
500 mph. The whole screen is about a 1.5x2.5" area on the pad, and thats
with the mouse speed set at 1. A heads up display would be nice, but
there is way too much detail on the roadnav screen for anything smaller
than a 22" monitor, so the speed reading is about all that is usefull when
in motion. And it bugs me that you can't set north to up, it redraws the
map so the direction your moving is up, totally scrambling the view IMO.
But that's another bitch that may get fixed by recompiling it from src
after a few tweaks. This was my first foray into using it on the road,
and the author hasn't answered the email I sent so I guess its officially
abandoned. Oh, and don't ask it for directions, which it does a nice job
of, but it never gives back the cpu and you have to quit it and reboot to
recover. That may take 10 minutes just to quit, but the machine is still
stuck at 100%.

I have used roadnav with a smaller display when when using a GPS,
having "map tracks GPS" set. But you have to have the display zoomed
correctly, and the detail set right. Don't clutter it up with things
like aerial photos and such. I also like to have GPS history turned on.

Yup, all that. The photo's FWIW, need a net connection as you move otherwise
it will drive you bonkers bitching about the dead network. I had a heck of a
time figuring that out as the error message itself isn't exactly helpfull as
to what option needs that live connection.

As far as the rotating map, open up Tools --> Preferences --> GPS
and uncheck the Rotate Map to Match Heading box. You may also want
to check the Zoom Based on Road Type and Keep GPS Centered boxes.

I did that, also disabled the map follows gps button, but if the gps is turned
on and delivering data, you are surely screwed, the map orientation requester
is helpless. This was V-19 of roadnav. Still fresh.

The display size needed kind of depends on where you are driving.
Driving in a city takes a larger display then driving on freeways in
the country. I like to go over the route before hand, and then have
just the map on a small display when driving. But I like having a
full display and someone else to read it and give me the information
I need even better.

I would have had the missus in the shotgun seat do that, but she doesn't
travel those kinds of distances at all well, so I didn't take her. Then
caught a small amount of hell when I got back cuz I didn't even ask & I can't
recall one way or the other if I did. I'd get me another missus, but I've
got 19 years in training this one on 12-2, 3 weeks on down the calendar. So
far she has been a 'keeper' :)

And in my present mood, sad, I forgot to say thank you, so thank you very much
Mikkel.

--
Cheers, Gene
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
Bringing computers into the home won't change either one, but may
revitalize the corner saloon.

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