Automatically recompile driver on kernel update
Hi, because of problems with my wireless driver I had to install a custom compiled one. The problem will now be that every kernel update I have to recompile it (and especially think about it before...
View ArticleAmazing find
Underwater archaeologist finds ancient Egyptian city: http://www.core77.com/blog/object_cu..._ago_25008.asp
View ArticlePlanetCCRMA RT kernel breaks dkms akmod
I am trying to switch over completely to an RT kernel from the PlanetCCRMA project having initially installed Fedora 18 with standard kernels. I booted into 3.8.13-201.rt8.1.fc18.ccrma.x86_64.rt which...
View ArticleGNOME 3.0 wonders...
Hi! I'm back home with Mom, we got home late Saturday, June 8 (especially for b4time, hmaarfk, bob and the few that were involved in my already messed up firefox thread a week ago, and may remember my...
View ArticleNo sound after upgrading to F18
I just installed F18, but I get no audio output from the SPDIF port. This works iin F17 (I still can boot that installation). I did notice though, that some of the later kernels (3.8.xx) had the same...
View ArticleVPN connect on boot and kill switch.
Hello, I need a VPN to connect on start before any other networked application can run, but I cannot find a way to do that. I also would like to have a kill switch, where all network traffic is halted...
View ArticleFedora 18 as webserver with PHP/xdebug
Hi, i'm looking for someone who has been successful to configure and use XDebug on Fedora but debugging remotely. in fact my fedora 18 runs under VMWare workstation as webserver and my client machine...
View ArticleGrub2 install problems
Hi, I had a dual boot of Fedora 18 and Windows 7. Upgraded windows 7 to Windows 8. But then the grub got corrupted. While manually trying to reinstall grub2 from live usb using the following commands I...
View Articlenvidia twinview and flash patch
I was wondering if anyone here has tried a flash patch on fedora.The patch as I have read allows you to work on one screen while flash plays on the other in full screen.also the patch is suppose to...
View ArticleTrying to ssh to my desktop Linux
Greetings! I'll try not to make this "blog-like" and just indicate information I feel is relevant and deal with my questions. But, of course, if I failed to provide anything about which you're...
View ArticleFedora 18 CPU usage very high
Hi, My system has an AMD FX 4100 series processor. But after installing Fedora 18, my CPU usage shows an average of 49% even when it is idle and no application is running. Could you please suggest why...
View Articlesystemd: how to see and configure what's enabled in each "runlevel"?
How do I list what's enabled/disabled in different runlevels/targets of systemd? For example, if I boot to multi-user.target, I know I can do "systemctl list-unit-files" and then I can "systemctl...
View ArticleK.d.e. 4.10.4
I'm running Fedora 18 KDE. K.D.E. 4.10.4 has just been released. I find this release of Fedora KDE very polished and stable. :) Surely, in my opinion, the best KDE version ever released. KDE itself is...
View ArticlePhrase acronyms in posts
Some forums prohibit or discourage leet speak and various other departures from traditional grammar and spelling, but I don't know any that prohibt the use of acronyms that stand for phrases like IMHO,...
View ArticleFailure to install bootloader - Fedora 18
Hi All, My attempt to install Fedora 18 failed with the following error messages. /usr/sbin/grub2-bios-setup: warning: this GPT partition label contains no BIOS Boot Partition; embedding won't be...
View ArticleF18 + CPU fan
Hi all, I just bought a new laptop since my old one is steps away from dying completely. Anyway - Dell Vosteo 3560 with i7-3632QM, Radeon HD 7670M, 8 gb ram. I came with ubuntu pre-installed but I...
View ArticleCompiling C++ from Home directory.
Here is my problem. I have all my C++ source files in a directory which is not in the home directory. e.g. ~/abc/def/ghi/xyz/ The compilable source codes are in the above directory and it becomes...
View Article2 questions about yum
Hi, ALL, 1. Is there an easy way to remove the package with all of it's dependencies? 2. Where do I check if the package exists? I'm coming from Gentoo world where there is a local repo (Portage) tree,...
View ArticleInstall F18 to software raid (mirror, i.e., RAID 1)
I am running the standard installer (booted from DVD) to new media. I'd like to have an option to configure software raid from the installer, but I gather that's not an option (at least not with the...
View Articlexterm question (translating Solaris Korn scripts to run on RHEL)
I'm translating some Korn scripts used on Solaris to run on RHEL 6.4. The scripts use: dtterm -sl 25000 -geometry 133x18+0+0 -display ${GLOBAL_HOST_NAME}:0.0 -e $0 -s ${DTNG_SIM_PROTOCOL} -f...
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