The gdesklets and panel problem I was having seem to be fixed now. So, I turn my attention to setup KVM to run XP so I can VPN to work.

After a day of hacking it, I get XP running finally.



After installing XP, the vm reboot. But after that no CDROM access somehow. So, I have to delete the vm and create a new one with the XP in CDROM drive so the install can continue stage 2 install. It looks like the CDROM somehow lost over reboot.

Then I encounter a bug that IP forwarding is not enable for net access in the VM, a change to /etc/sysctl.conf to set net.ipv4.ip_forward + a reboot fixed the problem.

Now, I can watch TV, surf the web and go to work at the same time on my T60.

Just like all previous releases, F7 is not perfect.

I am still struggling with setting up and battling various problems:
- GNOME startup struck when ESD enabled
- iwl3945 is quite scary with a lot of noise in system log
- gnome-panel crashes after long period of time (i.e. over-night)
- suspend is again not working
- gdesklets won't saved in the session and start on login

Even with these problems, but there are still a lot of features worth the upgrade (i.e. KVM)

As soon as the new version of Fedora, codename Moonshine, is out. I bittorrent it and get a DVD burned.

So far, I am very impressed. I am glad to reported the Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG work correctly after install, thanks to all the good works and testing during beta.