fedora 18 is there a text install?
I have a motherboard that I have been unable to install fedora on. I am using a usb stick to do the install from and when I reach an early point of the install II get a blank screen with a mode not...
View ArticleVirtual machine clone does not boot, please help~~~
[update] problem solved after a grub reinstall. I have been running fedora 12 as a virtual machine on a Windows 7 (64bit) host through VirtualBox. Since the fixed size of the VDI file for fedora is...
View ArticleAnyone notice DRPMs, or is it just me?
I've been seeing that my updates now come as DRPM files. Was just RPM not good enough? :confused: Is something going on that I don't know about?
View Articledracut Warning after F16 to F17 upgrade
I upgraded my F16 to F17 using the network install CD. I had some problems during the yum installation phase and had to restart in rescue mode to clean up yum then rerun the upgrade process to get it...
View ArticleThis He/She Talk
Something that has been irritating me is this use of he/she in writing. I have really noticed this in some of the things I have been reading lately, and I haven't noticed it for a while because most of...
View Articleconvert camera videos using ffmpeg
I have AVI files imported from the camera the files are extremely large Using ffmpeg, which format would maintain the quality and reduce the size? thanks in advance
View ArticleIcons for Applications
I've been working on creating an rpm for btbuilder for fedora 17. I followed various information I found to setup a desktop file and icons. The desktop file works. I see btbuilder in the list of...
View ArticleGalaxy S 4 show on Broadway!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeSBItTcyS0 Its like the galaxy s 4 show on Broadway. Its not a simple product launch. Samsung does it like a drama. Its too big. Samsung has flooded all the news sites....
View Articlepranav mistry - Master of gesture computing innovation!
This guy is the Director of Research at samsung. Just see this what he already has for us and what he might be able to do. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrtANPtnhyg Amazing stuff done in 2009.
View ArticleGIMP, Gnome, Cinnamon, XFCE, LXDE and the future of GTK+
I was looking around the different developments in the Linux world, and suddenly it struck me: Everyone and their cat/dog are moving away from GNOME/GTK altogether... Cinnamon and XFCE seem to be of...
View ArticleVendetta Online 1.8.244
https://www.vendetta-online.com/ Quote: Initial mission list updates are now much faster. The faction logo in the station menu is now clickable. The faction's description in the faction standings menu...
View Articlewhite php page
G'day All Please appreciate it if any one can help I just installed the latest fedora 18. When I go into my website everything works fine until I go into the video page which has php melody installed...
View Articletrouble with nail and zoho
Hi All, If you would suffer an RHEL 6.3 question, I am trying to get "nail" to work with zoho mail. I have the same script for gmail and it works. #!/bin/bash echo "nail test" | nail -v -s...
View ArticleHow to programmatically obtain system location and language in C/C++
We're developing a GIS app for desktop Linux. We need to obtain the location and language information of user's system in order to provide customized experience. How can I do this, thanks in advance.
View ArticleNum lock twitching and hard disk overdrive
Every so often, mostly after I've already suspended and woken up the computer at least once, hitting num lock causes the LED to twitch on and off constantly. At the same time, the hard disk activity...
View ArticleCheap cordless tester for DSL signal?
Is there a cheap cordless tester for the presence of a DSL signal on the test jack in the junction box on the outside of a residence? I could put a DSL modem on a long extension cord and hook it up to...
View ArticleCompiling Selinux from Source
My fedora version :- 18 with KDE Hello Friends, I am currently working on SELinux. I want to make some changes to it, but before that i must install the source i have. I have downloaded the linux...
View ArticleWow, KDE 4.10.1 seems really efficient
I updated (jumping the gun a bit) to the latest KDE in updates-testing and I'm noticing that the idle cpu usage is a lot lower. Using gkrellm, I used to see a bit higher idle cpu under KDE 4.8 and...
View ArticleUEFI problems - unable to boot win8
HI all, Hopefully someone can help me with my boot-up issues. I had a working Ubuntu/Win8 UEFI setup, but wanted Fedora so installed it over the existing linux partitions. I can't get Fedora's grub to...
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