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View ArticleComments in htaccess
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View ArticleGTK+ 3.8.0 Supports Wayland 1.0
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View ArticleWhere can i send suggestions to fedora developers?
Hi, I have a really good suggestion for F18 and I really want to contact a developer to maybe implement it. How can I do so?
View ArticleOpen port 5900 (for VNC) via the command line?
I am using Fedora 18 with the KDE window manager. Yesterday, at long last, I got VNC up and running on :0 and then used the GUI tool to open the port for SMTP. Today, I tried to connect to VNC and am...
View ArticleHow to hide a partition
Whenever I open up the file manager the boot partition for windows is being mounted as it appears in the list of locations on the left hand side. Is there any way I can make hide from the file manager...
View ArticleFedora 18 Not Detecting Lenovo X230 Fingerprint Reader
I have a Lenovo X230 and am running Fedora 18. I have a Fingerprint reader on this machine which I use successfully during boot up. I would like to use this capability in unlocking my screen. I have...
View ArticleRecommend UPS Solution
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View ArticleF18 NetworkManager and Netgear DG834v2
I have had an issue with F18 NetworkManager (yes I know) since installing. It does not seem to get on with my Netgear DG834v2 wired router/ADSL modem. F17 behaves perfectly well. Both installations are...
View ArticleGoogle gets ungoogleable off Sweden's new word list
Quote: Objections from Google have forced the removal of the word 'ungoogleable' from a list of new Swedish words, the Language Council of Sweden says. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21944834...
View ArticleTroubleshooting colord-sane
I'm using F 17 (with Xfce, if it matters) and my graphics card is nVidia. I've tried to install akmod-nvidia using Leigh's guide, several times, but my computer doesn't finish booting into a graphic...
View Article3TB HDD Partitionning
Hi, I'am trying to partition a 3TB HDD into two 1.5TB partitions with fdisk. I understand that prtitions cannot exceed 2TB for DOS partition tables, but I can't seem to make both partitions 1.5TB....
View ArticleF18 (X86_64) package issues.
Hi all, I am getting errors when installing certain packages. I have traced these issues online to be with directory permission ownerships (the package believes it owns / and /usr etc.) Has this issue...
View ArticleNot sure if this is a hardware or installation issued
I have a HP Pavilion g7-2235dx Notebook PC and I tried to install Fedora 18 64 bit. I'm using the livecd via thumbdrive and I tried it with liveusb creator and unetbootin. Neither of these programs...
View ArticleUSB not booting F18 image
Hello, I am using the latest image of the fedora 18 live distribution Fedora-18-i686-Live-Desktop.iso. After seeing some posts I burnt this image to a usb drive with the following commands. I initially...
View ArticleWhy are "simple" tasks not so simple?
OK so I'm new to Fedora 18 (Linux) but have tons of experience with Windows as a developer, graphic designer and dabbling in some networking. I bought an HP micro server with the intent of loading a...
View ArticleLifeChat lx 3000 and Skype microphone problem
Hello, I have some problem with configuring my mic in Skype. I use Microsoft lifechat lx 3000 headset. Kmix recognizes it and so Phonon. I tried with Phonon and "preferred" my lifechat at "recording...
View Articletpm error -5
Hi there, I've installed Fedora 18, which comes with kernel 3.6.10-4, but after the first update of the kernel (3.7.4-204 and 3.7.5-201) an error occurred, while booting the system: Code: tpm_inf_pnp...
View ArticleAre open source products as good as their commercial counterparts
Hi Friends, I just came across this site and I was totally amazed to see that open source and free alternatives to costly and commercial software do exist and that too with a reasonable degree of...
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