How to get hibernate in menu on fedora 18?
I can't seem to get hibernate to show in the user menu for the life of me. I've already installed the alternate status menu extension which let me do this in gnome 3.4, and afiak it still should, but...
View ArticleWifi is slow and gets disconnected frequently
I am using Fedora 17 on a Lenovo P580 laptop. After installation of fedora, the wifi driver was not recognized and I downloaded the driver from the Intel website and started using it. Even though it...
View ArticleSSSD authenticates users, but group info fails
Hello all! I am working on a RHEL 6 client authenticating against a 389 (Fedora Directory Server) LDAP server. I can configure the system to use LDAP and KRB5 to authenticate properly, but this lacks...
View ArticleError ffmpeg-libs
Hello, I have this problem. I'm tring to install gstreamer-ffmpeg packet to see a movie on my pc but Fedora return this error Code: Running Transaction Check ERROR with transaction check vs depsolve:...
View Articletv tuner help
I've been trying to get Kworld pci analog pvr 7134se to work in linux. Googling shows that i have to specify my card number and tuner no. myself. So far using card=153 and tuner=56, I get no video...
View ArticleF17 new kernels and Vaio Z series SSD Raid
I posted this in the hardware forum but did not get a reply (maybe because I did not give all the relevant information). I have a Sony Vaio Z series laptop with an SSD (solid state drive) RAID, and...
View ArticleWireless freezes F17
Hello, I have installed the wireless card and since then, I have been running speed test and the system locks up half way through test. The card is WMP300N which is BCM4321 and I have followed the...
View ArticleFlash the bios
Immediately apologize for my English :) After installing Fedora on a laptop, broken boot and efi menu. I tried to use efibootmgr, but received empty response. After that I tried to lod DOS disc images,...
View ArticleNice quake
We just had another largish quake, not nearly as big as last year's but it lasted quite long down here in Tokyo. Tsunami warnings for Miyagi. Wonder how the Fukushima reactors are holding up?
View ArticleCD burn
Dear all, On older Fedora I used to be able to burn a CD with the command: Code: cdrdao write --device ATA:0,0,0 cd.toc now I have a problem: Code: Cdrdao version 1.2.3 - (C) Andreas Mueller...
View ArticleWhy should I use bumblebee?
I bought a lenovo Y580 few hours ago with Nvidia 660MGTX. I don't plan on conserving power on my laptop, as my laptop is always plugged in. I would be fine with just one video card and its drivers. I...
View Articlebad magic number /LVM
Hello, :) I launch this command : dumpe2fs /dev/sda6 and i've got this error message : dumpe2fs: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/sda6 Couldn't find valid filesystem...
View ArticleError:sed: -e expression #1, char 12: unterminated `s' command
Hi., I want to edit/replace strings into file.txt( or )file.cfg in middle of file with oldstring,using awk or sed command in shell script. I am new to shell script ,here my sample example. File1: aaa.c...
View ArticleHow to handle if lvm disk fails?
Hello! I installed linux using LVM logical volumes in /dev/sda, mirror this logical volumes with /dev/sdb Code: # pvcreate /dev/sdb2 # vgextend vg_main /dev/sdb2 # lvconvert vg_main/lv_root -m1 -b #...
View ArticleDownload Youtube videos, browser independent
Hello Community Chromium is a cool browser, sadly it doesnt let me download any youtube videos anymore. And just for this cause i dont want to install Firefox for that task only. In the default fedora...
View ArticleRunning current games on Linux?
My son is looking for computer parts to build his own computer for Xmas, and with the cost of parts for a decent system (AMD 6-core, 8gb RAM, 500gb or 1tb hdd), I'd like to use Linux if possible to...
View Article3D Acceleration on Fedora 17 X86_64
I have fedora 17 x86_64 installed and am trying to enable 3d acceleration My system has a ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 i cant use the ati drivers because they only support up to 3.4x kernels and driver...
View ArticleInstallation of german language on fedora 17
Installation of german language on fedora 17 Fedora 17 Installation von Live-CD: easylinux, deutsch 03/2012; Nr: 2659 LO; KDE-Desktop Live-CD: ct linux, 02/2012; Nr: 55128659/HEISE D 21/DO 21; 32/64...
View ArticleAirlane mode always ON after boot
Hello Using Fedora 17 on a laptop. It works flawlessly in general, but right after boot, the laptop is always in airplane mode. It doesn't do DHCP, neither on WIFI nor on ethernet. If I disable...
View ArticleGrub2 Password protection problem
I just installed fedora 17, and enable password protection during the installation. I've set a password because the installer asked for it, but when I'm trying to boot, grub2 asks for a username too....
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