Firefox very slow F18
Hi there, I have a problem with firefox. It is very slow, especially when it starts loading a web page. Sometimes it takes 20 seconds to start loading, sometimes it starts immediately but delays the...
View Articlelinux newbie needs help with pcmcia card
Hello the linux world, can someone point me in the direction of some instructions for getting a dlink dwl650+ to work with a spin from fedora 18 without a doubt i put it down to a driver problem ? but...
View ArticleDell Inspiron 15R 5221 display driver?
Hi there. Fedora 18 recognised the graphics card on this laptop and installed it, but I can't get openGL to work right (for my wine based world of warcraft addiction). It just says direct rendering is...
View ArticleLast login date and time is incorrect!
All: when I login to the text mode the message that I get is: Last login date Jan1 1:1.... Although I logged in yesterday. The date and time everywhere else, e.g. the top of the gnome screen, is...
View ArticleNeed a beginnerguide to java install
Hi I'm completely new to Linux. A power Windows user, it-administrator of a School in Denmark, but with little experience in programming. I've been trying out different Linux distros to see which of...
View ArticleEvince can not print "Fedora-18-Security_Guide-en-US.pdf"
Fedora 18. Latest updates installed. Very strange situation. I downloaded "Fedora-18-Security_Guide-en-US.pdf" from Fedora documentation. Tried to print it from evince to file w/o success. Evince...
View ArticleNVidia Twinview and exiting from game
When I start a game like prboom, one monitor displays the game while the other goes black. However, after I exit the game, the desktop does not return to its normal state. The resolution remains at 800...
View ArticleGnome Mouse and trackpad settings
I'm I doing something wrong? When I go to: preferences > Mouse & trackpad I adjust the settings and close the window. Nothing changed. Then I go back to look at the settings again and they never...
View ArticleSpyware on my Fedora 17 system
Looking at EtherApe last night I noticed the web site yts1.yql.vip.ne1.yahoo.com showed up fairly regularly. I narrowed it down to the fact my system accessed it every time I changed web pages in...
View ArticleTrouble with Terminal
I have had this issue every once in a while and it gets very annoying. If I mistype a command it will then had just ">" appear instead of my PS1 variable. I try and redo the command I enter and it...
View ArticleCompiz for iOS (and possibly Android)
Just thinking, if Compiz were to come out for iOS and Android, would you install it? I know there's just way too many themes on Cydia (they literally drown out any apps there!!) but how many people...
View ArticleWhat is spice-vdagentd?
I see this listed when I run systemd-analyze blame, and don't know what it is or why I need it. (It seems to be needed for VMs, which I don't use.) Granted, it only wastes 235ms, but I see no reason to...
View ArticleIntel Ethernet not recognised in F18
Hi, I've just completed a fresh install on F18 (64Bit) on a new machine. I had ran the latest Centos on it for 2 days in order to test some software I'm developing and it was working fine (although my...
View ArticleUbuntu 12.10 wireless issues
Just installed Ubuntu to check it out, and everything seems to be working ok, but I can't get wireless working. I had it working during the installation, but after it did some updates, it's not working...
View ArticleCompiz and Cairo clock
Just today I got around to installing akmod-nvidia on my desktop (F 17 and Xfce) followed by Compiz. Since then, I've logged out and back in several times to make sure things are working right....
View Articlemdadm, container help
Hi, I let the installer create some software raid volumes, then I tried to add a spare disk and now I have no idea what is wrong. basically, spare I added SDD is not listed in MD125. all drives are...
View ArticleInstalling Fedora18 on Windows8 UEFI HP computer
No direct internet connection possible with Fedora18: bought new HP Elite 7500 MT with Win8 64bits and UEFI. Wanted to install a dual boot with Fedora18 (GNOME). Seemed impossible or at least...
View Articlefc16 to fc17 in esx 3.5
Before I go ahead, this fedora core 16 is running quite happily under vmware esx 3.5 # uname -ia Linux hostname 3.6.6-1.fc16.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Nov 5 16:56:43 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux ok,...
View Articlefedora for arm processors
Is there any version for Arm 5 processors, for running on a Pogoplug. I know of debian Arch and optware. I've got Debian wheezy going on one at the moment, Tnx
View ArticleBlack screen issue
Hello, I am new in linux, I did boot my pc by live cd of fedora 18 86-64, everything was fine and I can see my desktop, and then I choose its option to copy it to hdd, it is installed successfully and...
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