cursor changing position when typing in firefox
I'm on FC17 - a recently upgrade system. I'm having issues when typing in Firefox - as I'm typing, the cursor will just randomly jump to some other random place in the text. As I'm mostly typing in...
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I'm new to the forum so I'm not sure if this has been posted before but I reinstalled fedora 17 because by default the root partition was 50 gb and I'm on a 100gb drive. So I resized the root to 15gb...
View ArticleWired and wireless connections detected but not connecting
Hi there, I've been using Fedora for about a year now so I'm still not that savvy but no matter how many online threads I've looked at, I still cannot find a solution to my problem. I updated the...
View ArticleXInput2 not found while installing gtk2
Im trying to install gtk2 so i can finally install ISOMaster. I have downloaded the necessary dependencies for gtk2 (ie. cairo, atk, etc) but now when i run Code: ./configure in the gtk2 directory it...
View ArticleKernel RAID won't stop "resync"
I've noticed something in contrast to the kernel documentation. I was wondering if anyone else has this problem? According to http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/md.txt Quote: [...] 'idle' will...
View ArticleQuestion regarding GNU Screen
Good day, forum friends. Synopsis I have a question regarding GNU screen. I usually start out my day by opening a terminal, and starting screen on my local machine. From there I have it set up pretty...
View Article[SOLVED] Cannot boot new kernel
After installing the latest kernel update 3.6.3-1.fc17.x86_64 I find that when I reboot and try to use the new kernel I get the following error. Failed to start wait for plymouth boot screen to quit...
View ArticleUSB Wireless adapter connection issues after Fedora 17 update
Hi all, Today I did a new install of Fedora 17 on my desktop. It had kernel 3.3 and I had no issues using the wired and wireless connections. Upgraded all the packages, which took the kernel to 3.6 and...
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Openbox app menu
I did a 'yum update' and now my applications menu in openbox won't work. I think they changed the directory of the applications.menu file to /etc/xdg/menus/applications.menu instead of...
View Article[SOLVED] Can't access 3rd party Emacs repositories
SOLVED: I overlooked that I edit the package list later on, which conflicted with this package. Works perfectly now. I'm trying to install groovy-mode in Emacs 24.1, so I added Code: (require 'package)...
View ArticleCannot open font file True
Hello, I am new to Fedora! I recently followed a tutorial to install 3D graphics drivers via: http://www.fedorafaq.org/#drivers Code: Make sure that you're using my yum configuration from the...
View ArticleF16 Kernel 3.6.2-1 will not shutdown
I just installed the latest updates. The new kernel 3.6.2-1 will not suspend or hibernate. I get a lot of error messages about not being able to resume and then my screen comes back like it was before...
View ArticleError Connecting To Wired Network.
OK this isn't a networking question, just an observation I had this morning. I was getting an "Error connecting to wired network" status messages popping up. Which was strange since I had no ethernet...
View Article[SOLVED] Sharing files and conneccting to usb camera on Virtualbox
I'm using Fedora 17, 32 bit and have Virtualbox installed. I just updated, so I have a new kernel and the newest Virtualbox, as both were updated today. I installed the new guest additions that showed...
View ArticleHow Do I Update To GNOME 3.6. From GNOME 3.4
I Am Quite New To Fedora 17 And I Want To Update My GNOME 3.4.1 To GNOME 3.6.0. I Tried An RPM Package Of Gnome 3.6.0, But It Said It Needed Some Other Componets. Is There A Method of Updating GNOME...
View ArticleUnable to Display English Characters in GNOME Desktop
Hi, I have just installed Fedora 17 from the text mode installation. After the text mode installation, I issued the following command yum groupinstall "X Window System" Desktop But I get garbage on the...
View ArticleRealtek RTL8192SE Not working in Fedora 17
Hi, I have recently installed F17 on a Samsung N220 netbook dual booting with Win7 but am unable to connect via wireless with the Realtek RTL8192SE Wireless LAN Controller in F17. Commands and messages...
View ArticleDHCP Server for my DNS
I Decided to start a new thread and start fresh. I would like some information on how to properly set up a DHCP server for the DNS server I have finally just figured out how to do and finish. All...
View ArticleRpm Builder in Gui style Real need??
Hi All, We have a lot almost every software in .rpm let it be a simple calculator or a complex eclipse software. Once wondering about how these rpms are created or built i tried to search for this...
View ArticleSetting up a Warewulf Cluster
I'm trying to set up a computer cluster for one of my professors using Fedora 17 and Warewulf. Everything was going smoothly until I started trying to add the node computers. Following the...
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