Install manually onto an exsisting zfs partition?
I need to install fedora onto an existing zfs partition. Here is where I'm at. I created the efi partition and another partition for fedora. I created a live usb with persistence and installed zfs. I...
View ArticleKolourPaint: how to change the background pattern
When I use KolourPaint, I see a background pattern that looks like a checkerboard of white and gray squares. Does anyone know how I can change this pattern? Thanks in advance.
View ArticleF18 kde scroll number of lines
Greetings. Somewhere along the lines scrolling with mouse wheel got change so that it will only scroll 1 line at a time. I have seen 'mouse wheel scrolls by' in system settings and the in firefox. No...
View ArticleRun a script when laptop lid opens/closes
I want to automatically run a script when I close my laptop lid, just before it goes to sleep, and also run a script when I open the lid again. Some distros have a lid.sh file in /etc/acpi/ that gets...
View ArticleNo sound on speakers.
I have a laptop. (Dell XPS m1530). Currently, no sound comes from the laptop speakers, though headphones/headphonejack work fine. The option for speakers does show up in gnome-sound-settings, but...
View ArticleHow to assign your webcam consistently to /dev/video0 if you have a Hauppauge...
Udev rules set up for this purpose do not always work due to Fedora's parallel loading of driver modules. I found multiple times that if the cx18 module loaded first the udev rule assigning /dev/video0...
View ArticleForwarding Traffic with Firewalld
I am trying to setup a Fedora 18 install as a gateway from an internal network to the rest of the web. The default firewall rules prevent that by refusing to forward any traffic. I found the following...
View ArticleGrub Complains About Outb Commands in Grub.cfg
Running Linux on my Macbook Pro *and* getting it to use the onboard Intel graphics instead of the Radeon requires writing to the machines GMUX. This is done in grub by adding incantations like this:...
View ArticleWhy would I need a TV licence for a TV I stole? Nobody knows I've got it
And other top excuses for 2012: Why would I need a TV Licence for a TV I stole? Nobody knows IÂ’ve got it. Kilmarnock, Scotland I have lost weight recently and had to buy new clothes. ThatÂ’s why I could...
View Articlesystem-config-lvm retired
In F19, there is no system-config-lvm package. Here I can see it's retired : http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/s...config-lvm.git But there are no explanation and no alternative...
View ArticlePost Install Documentation
Is there a link to a post install config page? Last release I installed had a post install tips page with links to all the external repositories and how to get and install the rpmfusion and adobe...
View Articlerc.local missing in Fedora 18
Hi Guys, I am trying to run a command as root at startup. I usually do this in Ubuntu by putting the command in the /etc/rc.local, likewise, I used to do it that way in the old days when I used Fedora...
View ArticleJust checking in, been very busy lately.
I have not posted in a while but I have been looking in now and then .I am trying to get a small business going and this has been eating into my time like a cop in a doughnut shop :) Anyway as someone...
View ArticleStean on F19
Has anyone installed Steam from spot's fedorapeople repo on Fedora 19 yet? When I tried that sometime back, I was able to install it without problems. But, now, I get this - Code: [ ... ] Protected...
View ArticleI want to do a minimal install of fedora 19, and then build it up to a full...
Ive looked for guides for this for fedora...and I simply cant find them. I did a site search but mostly just found guides on how to make a minimal install disk. Is it possible to build up a minimal...
View ArticleProblems with bind 9.9.3-3.p1 in f17
Has anyone seen issues with the current upgrade from bind 9.9.2? The upgrade seemed to lose the ability to resolve external names here. All local zones resolve correctly. Sometimes you can get one or...
View ArticleGreat Little Radio Playerr
Trying to install Great Little Radio Player in FC18. Went to the program forum and seen the problem has already been posted but no fixes as of today. This is the error I'm getting: file / from install...
View ArticleHD 3000 blank screen after lid closed
Hey all, I'm fairly new to Linux and brand new to Fedora. I have an intel g7 laptop, with an HD 3000 graphics card. When I first installed Fedora I had to add nomodeset in order to see anything but a...
View Articlepull data from 389-console LDAP Master to slave
hi Instead pushing the transactions from the master (located in DMZ) to the slave, can I use pull instead? the reason is our firewall rule doesn't allowed data from DMZ into our Network, meaning I...
View Articlecan I setup a LDAP 389-console as a proxy?
hi can I setup a 389-console as a proxy? e.g. I have 2 ldap servers L1 and L2. L1 located in DMZ : I want all ldap clients goes "through" L2 to get the directory data at L1, meaning L2 works as a...
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