Last Kernel update left me without initramfs

2010-10-28 Thread Federico Marziali
Hi all, with Fedora 13, the last kernel update left me without the file intirmafs in the /boot partition. All the rest is there, and I was wondering if there is an easy way to build this file myself... Any tutorial available for fedora? I tried to use the previous kernel file just by renaming it b

F13 - Advanced Volume control

2010-06-26 Thread Federico Marziali
Hello to the list again... While I'm still fighting with the display and nvidia drivers, I've come across another problem on my Sony Vaio, this time with the sound capture. Basically I can't get any of my microphones to record any input, nor the laptop built-in one, nor by connecting an external on

Re: F13 - Display trouble with a Sony Vaio (was: Re: F13 - installation problem (Anaconda + Display))

2010-06-25 Thread Federico Marziali
From: "Ardhan Madras" >> 1. I don't like that the startup is now text-only until when the >> graphical drivers load. Is there a way to obtain the old graphical >> boot without the nouveau drivers? > > Plymouth (Fedora boot animation) require frame-buffer, try to enable > frame-buffer at boot time

F13 - Display trouble with a Sony Vaio (was: Re: F13 - installation problem (Anaconda + Display))

2010-06-25 Thread Federico Marziali
For the sake of clarity I changed the subject and summarised my progresses (thanks to Richard). 0. Under F13 x86_64, I'm trying to obtain a functioning graphical environment on a Sony Vaio laptop F-Series mounting a nvidia geforce 330M. 1. I have blacklisted the nouveau drivers by adding rdblackl

Re: F13 - installation problem (Anaconda + Display)

2010-06-24 Thread Federico Marziali
[CUT: bugzilla account request] 2. More serious: the screen resolution used is wrong and as a result I can see only a portion of the screen content, which creates difficulties both at installation time, when one wants to click on the "forward" button :), and during "normal" usa

Re: F13 - installation problem (Anaconda + Display)

2010-06-24 Thread Federico Marziali
>> I'm trying to install Fedora 13 on a Sony Vaio VPCF11C5E (F-series) >> and I'm incurring in the following 2 problems >> >> 1. If I try to customize the partitioning layout, I get a python error >> and the suggestion to file a bug. I just applied for an account to >> bugzilla.redhat.com and I mig

F13 - installation problem (Anaconda + Display)

2010-06-23 Thread Federico Marziali
Hi all. I'm trying to install Fedora 13 on a Sony Vaio VPCF11C5E (F-series) and I'm incurring in the following 2 problems 1. If I try to customize the partitioning layout, I get a python error and the suggestion to file a bug. I just applied for an account to bugzilla.redhat.com and I might try t