yum update & yum check
I've had some odd problems with the update function, frequently hanging or never ending. I've waited (once overnight) and have found that when it hangs, I have to force a re-boot. Because of this I...
View ArticleNo more Desktop (I think you called it X).
Hi, I did "yum group remove cinnamon" unknowingly, and I could not login to my desktop no more. Instead, I got the command login only. If I tried typing in the command "X", then, my screen would go...
View ArticleHow I solved my DHCP roulette problem
I'm running three F17 systems on my LAN and I use NFS mounts on each as destinations for backup of the others. I had been manually maintaining the /etc/hosts files whenever a power outage resulted in a...
View ArticlePacking a rpm of ffms2
Hi, I try create a rpm of ffms2 (http://code.google.com/p/ffmpegsource/) but when I run the following command: $ rpmbuild -ba ffms.spec apparently occurs an error in ./configure. Below is the output of...
View ArticleFreeNAS anyone?
Well, like many of you, I have several devices (computers, phone, Tablet) and tons of data (Photos, movies, music, etc…) that I want to share among those devices in one central place…. Before, I just...
View ArticleBrightness keys on Lenovo not working, but had them working on other distros...
Hi there. Long time Ubuntu user here trying out Fedora 19 beta so far and absolutely loving it. Only hangup I'm having so far is with my brightness keys. I ended up finding out some information via...
View ArticleCan't change brightness F18 Lenovo
Hi, I'm configuring my Fedora and at start all was good, but now I can't change brightness over the keyboard and system control, but it works over this command: Code: echo 5 | sudo tee...
View Articlessh-agent not remembering passphrases between bootups
I have a cronjob that does backups It works beautifully, for one login. After the computer is rebooted, something happens and ssh-agent forgets all about the passphrase / private key combo which I just...
View ArticleWithout MBR gap Fedora 19 is unusable
Hi there, For some unexplainable reason Fedora developers had desided for all Fedora users about how they may and how they may not partition theirs hard disks. The only boot manager that Fedora...
View ArticlePulseAudio version problems
Hi, In solving a problem opening a .mov file I found this popup: Quote: Potential PulseAudio version problem: PulseAudio is streaming with an excessive latency. Sound may be lost or quality degraded....
View ArticleLinksys E1000
hi there, at my home there is Linksys E1000 to connect wirelessly. I wonder whether it is a switch or a router? tx in advance
View Article[SOLVED] Fedora 18 does not recognize usb ports
Hi there; just installed fedora 18 on an old pc, dell dimension 2400, which I didn't want to throw away. I personalized it with programs it didn't have, like vlc, LibreOffice, etc. It works for what I...
View ArticleAttention Fedora 19 prerelease users - repository changes before release
Fedora 19 is winding up to release soon, and so its that time in the cycle when a new fedora-release package pushes out that disables the fedora-updates-testing repository so folks who install after...
View Articlecant run java app
so i'm trying to run minecraft and when i open it, fedora opens it as an archive file. is there a way to make it run as a java file? thanks
View Articlegetting belkin 150 USB wifi to work
Hi there. I have F18 64 bit installed on my laptop. When I plug in the belkin adaptor, networkmanager sees it with the proper name, but it's always set to OFF. it cannot be toggled to ON position. When...
View ArticleHardware, software, or user error?
First off, sorry if it's the wrong forum, there's a couple different things in here that could go different places. Secondly, sorry for the long read made longer by my apology. I just got a new system...
View Article[F18] Intel Sandybridge graphics regression, kernel 3.9.6-200
Guys, I have found that on my Alienware M11xR3 that after upgrading the kernel to 3.9.6-200 I have had a serious regression in the intel graphics performance. Making sure that I hadn't got any of my...
View ArticleHow can NFSv4 server map uid without client using idmapd?
My problem is that my NFS client accesses my Fedora 17 NFS server with a crazy user-ID. There is no practical way to change that clients uid. I expected that the client would use the idmap client, but...
View ArticleComputer Generated Music
There are a few web sites that will generate random music, and also some Windows programs that do the same. Does anyone know of a Linux program that can generate random "elevator" music ? As an...
View ArticleAr8162 wired drivers
Hi all, I have a brand new lenovo g580 laptop. Wireless is flawless but wired not getting detected. uname -r 3.9.6-200.fc18.x86_64 lspci result 01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc....
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