On Thu, 2004-05-20 at 15:50, Craig White wrote:
> Initial reports on new install of Fedora Core 2
> 
> Cons
> ----
> depression because no apt/yum repositories for the 'extras'
> (non-supplied goodies such as mplayer/xmms-mp3/etc)...yet.
> No discernible way to play a dvd.
> Boots to run-level 5 (perhaps because I chose workstation install
> class).
> Recognized the wireless card, simple enough to add the encryption key &
> connect but had to manually tell it to activate at bootup - bad for
> newbies.
> 
> Pros
> ----
> Kernel 2.6.5
> Very new hardware - eCube with Intel 865 chipset. Recognized all
> hardware...no futzing (exception was wireless Prism card per above).
> New OO - nice
> Has separate emergency boot cd
> 
> 
> Goofy
> -----
> Lots of CD/DVD rippers and writers but because of the licensing
> issues...cannot play DVD's or mp3's upon install
-----
btw - figured it out...

added to /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources

yum livna-stable http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/2/i386/yum/stable/
apt fedora-us-stable-fc2 http://download.fedora.us fedora/fedora/2/i386
stable

and then

up2date xmms-mp3 libdvdread libmad ogle ogle_gui

and voila - I can play mp3's and watch dvd's

Craig

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