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Hi Gurus, This is Vivek, iam very new to linux desktop environments. I have been using Fedora 17 for my official work from the last couple of months and i feel this to be very light on applications and...
View ArticleGetting ATI card to work
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View ArticleEnemy Territory
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View ArticleNVIDIA drivers...
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View ArticleFedora 17 - Logging in after selecting source kicks me out to the login screen
Hi Gurus, This is Vivek, iam very new to linux desktop environments. I have been using Fedora 17 for my official work from the last couple of months and i feel this to be very light on applications and...
View Articleselinux: audit2allow: nothing to do
I have a php script that generates an selinux avc denial when it tries to exec a bash script. Here is the alert: Code: SELinux is preventing /usr/bin/bash from execute access on the file...
View Articleonly root can access built-in webcam
Hi folks, I upgraded to f17 on a samsung 700z3c and the built-in webcam is only accessible for root. I disabled selinux, added myself to the video and audio groups and still neither cheese nor guvcview...
View Articlekernel panic -not syncing:Fatal exception
i was trying to install RHEL6 on HP Z800 workstation, the installation is seems to be failing due to the following error kernel panic - not syncing: fatal exception. i figured it out the nvidia quadro...
View ArticleProblem with symbolic link access on a git repository F17
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View ArticleWireless not working Fedora 16
I installed Fed 16 on my Dell Inspiron 1525, i cant find any wireless connection , any Idea ? wired connection working , how to enable wireless ? this is ridiculous !!!!!!!!!!!!!
View ArticleNVIDIA 304.60 Driver Fixes Bugs
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...tem&px=MTIwOTQ Quote: The NVIDIA 304.60 certified Linux driver that was released today fixes bugs concerning the X.Org Server, RandR, OpenGL stereo, exposing...
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