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View ArticleLooking for PC-BSD 8.2
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View ArticleLaptop touchpads and F17 LXDE
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Hi all I recently installed Fedora 17 and decided to encrypt the root using the provided tools. Running GParted I can see that the encrypted partition is under /dev/sda6 (which is included in...
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View ArticleCannot open Eclipse via the GUI Fedora 17
I downloaded and installed Eclipse JUNO in Fedora 17, KDE desktop and created an eclipse.desktop. The icon does appear in the Application.Development section but it does not open when selected. I am...
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I just upgraded from Fedora 16 to 17. All streams, including mp3, wmv, flash ...... play in an extra fast speed (about 10x). No sound at all. Why? uname -a Linux 3.6.1-1.fc17.x86_64 AMD Radeon HD 5000M
View Articlekernel stack is corrupted after f17 clean bfo install
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View ArticleGnome 3.8 Features
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View ArticleDownload Video from Youtube
Hi, I usually downloaded videos from youtube using the console code: youtube-dl web adress but now I can not download it give me a message: ERROR: unable to download video What can I do? May be there...
View Articleuninstalled sane & scanner app in fc17, lost 80% of system
I uninstalled the SANE drivers and HP scanner apps [because I'll never use a scanner on this PC] and now I seem to have lost about 80 percent of the installed apps, including the add/remove software...
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Hi there, I have been a windows user ever since i can remember and i have always wanted to give linux a try. I have used ubuntu before but a friend recommended me fedora. Anyways i partitioned my...
View ArticleFC 17 needs several logins before desktop works
On my FC 17-65 XFCE Spin system with noveau video driver, the following problem has cropped up: I boot and login as an ordinary user. The XFCE desktop appears. I click the mouse on something and the...
View ArticleIndian Call Centre Scottish accent
I came across this on you tube, and after my post about the accent from Georgia and, being Scottish I thought i would add some balance with a Scottish accent post :)...
View ArticleCannot get 5 speaker support from snd-hda-intel
I have a 5 speaker set that plugs into one audio out(two front/two rear and subwoofer). However, I have an inspiron 660 with this card: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: PCH [HDA Intel...
View Articlerawhide with kernel 3.7 and firefox 16
so I've downloaded fedora from the nightly build thing and it's working great apart from some strange crashes because of the backlight something or other... but it has kernel 3.6.1 and firefox 15, that...
View ArticleGnome 3 frozes completely for a particular user
Hi, I am totally stuck on fedora 17 and this a very strange error never seen before need help on urgent basis gnome 3 frozes completely for a particular user while for other user accounts it works...
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libreoffice-writer new document begins on right side of screen
Hello, Can someone tell me why my new documents in libreoffice-writer begin on the right side of the screen (I have to scroll over to get to my new document & page 2 goes clear over to the left...
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