printf not working in scripts called from cron
I have a script that prints a list of numbers which sometimes go up to a few Gb. For clarity I use printf %'15d as format (thouand separators). When calling this script from command-line it works as...
View ArticleOccasional Display Corruption With Fedora 17
Running Gnome3 under F17 on an AMD Athlon 64 processor, using the nouveau driver, the display occasionally changes so as to be unusable. It is always when I have multiple workspaces, and usually have...
View ArticleLag after login
Hi, on one of my computers I have problem with lag after login. I'm using KDE spin and the lag appears afger login before showing KDE splash screen. From other terminal I've found, that problem is in...
View ArticleF17 Doesn't Recognize Internet
Hey All, I'm new to linux and am extremely impressed with most of what I've seen so far, including how helpful you all are on this forum. I've managed to get everything set up properly on my computer,...
View Articlenfs HALP
hello. i'm trying to figure how to make my nfs server and client working . i followed fedora-fr.org tutorial , but i'm facing a wall now. so - hosts.deny is empty on server and client -iptables -A...
View Articlefedora MATE spin
ok seeing that MATE is now in the official repos (I am actually running it in f17 from fedoras repos right now), will there be an official MATE spin on fedora for 18? If there are no plans for an...
View ArticleInstalling NVIDIA graphics drivers on Fedora 18 Beta
Hey there. I wanted to test the newly released Beta of Fedora 18 (PS: It's awesome!). Now I want to install the NVIDIA drivers on my system, are there any guides on how to achive this? Thanks!
View ArticleGoogle-Chrome libpepflashplayer.so
Hello, I work in Linux Fedora 17. Together with Google-Chrome the libpepflashplayer.so plugin is automatically installed. In chrome://plugins/ I can see 2 plugins, but not libpepflashplayer.so Code:...
View ArticleMounting & the problems associated with it.
I am rather new to Fedora, however, I have been able to survive it so far and doing lots of complicated things. Past few days I have just be learning the ropes and testing things out for fun. Even the...
View Article[SOLVED] Spectrwm
Hi, Has anyone been able to get Spectrwm 2.1.1 to compile on Fedora? It doesn't appear that Fedora offers packages for Spectrwm.
View ArticleHP using only colour ink
I have an HP Photosmart C4270. Whenever I print text, gray, or black, the printer only uses the colour cartridge to make said colour. The colour cartridge is empty before you know it, and the (cheaper)...
View ArticleTotem plays video at high speed when the audio output is set to HDMI audio
Hi I have a ATI Radeon 5450 graphics card and it is connected to the monitor using a VGA cable. It is also connected to an external LCD tv using HDMI cable. When I play a movie in Totem player in the...
View ArticleLast kernel update causing lock-up
Last kernel update seems to be causing my computer to freeze up intermittently. I first thought it might be Cinnamon, which I was trying out. Also suspected Chrome browser, but then I got a kernel...
View ArticleHow can I get a new version of a obsolete package?
There are some obsolete packages in Fedora 18 and I requested the mantainers to upgrade them (examples: xboard and fotoxx), but they didn't do anything. Eduardo Jorge bonvivant16
View Article[SOLVED] nvidia drivers, F17, VirtualBox
Looks like there was a recent xorg update to the nvidia display drivers to go with the 3.6.7 kernel in fedora 17. Since then, whenever I try to start a VM in VirtualBox, it crashes the xserver. Is...
View ArticleLibs - Should I install them all?
Title says it all. Are there any problems that would be caused by this?
View ArticleFedora 18 update
Hello all, I just install Fedora 18 Beta on my PC and everything went perfect. I want to know if I need to reinstall the OS once final release is out or I can just update it via yum to become...
View Articlef17 and windows 8
I am trying to install linux on my win8 computer, but it will not let me boot from anything but the hard drive; is there a certain trick to it? Thanks,
View Articlesecure boot - general interest "story"
An interesting article about secure boot on a HP laptop appeared on distrowatch yesterday .. Here is the link .. http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20121126#qa This (lack of documentation) may or...
View Article[ask] How to change the resolution screen during installation?
Hi, I am trying to install Fedora 17 using vmware workstation, but I have no idea because the installer resolution is too bigger, so I can't see the next and back button at the bottom bar. How to solve...
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