KVM bridge network
Hi, everyone I need following configuration: - Host KVM machine Fedora 17 has one h/w interface and static IP 10.0.0.100, GW 10.0.0.1. - VM must have two virtual adapters. - First VM adapter is NAT...
View ArticleAstronomer Sir Patrick Moore dies
Quote: British astronomer and broadcaster Sir Patrick Moore has died, aged 89, his friends and colleagues have said. He "passed away peacefully at 12:25 this afternoon" at his home in Selsey, West...
View ArticleCannot connect from WAN to game server hosted on Fedora 17
Hi, I've been trying to host Minecraft or 0AD games, and I cannot get anybody from the outside world to be able to find the host. It works perfectly on internal LAN. I have definitely added port...
View Articlerepo 64 bit strange behaviour
Hi friends, i'm trying to build the 64bit version of my Fedora spin, using a 32bit machine "forklift". For to do so, i've customized the spin repo so: Code:...
View Articlesamba error
journalctl -u smb Code: Dec 09 17:32:11 localhost smbd[2844]: [2012/12/09 17:32:11.247081, 0] ../lib/util/pidfile.c:153(pidfile_unlink) Dec 09 17:32:11 localhost smbd[2844]: Failed to delete pidfile...
View ArticleMobile broadband internet in KDE?
I was just about to install fedora KDE spin but i can't configure my mobile broadband USB stick to work. It works fine in gnome, xfce, lxde, unity, mate, cinnamon with just a few clicks... Is there a...
View ArticleHow do I determine the ip assigned to Fed 17 machine that uses dhcp?
I'm going to run rsync in daemon mode on machine 1 to backup data from machine 1 to machine 2. Machine 1 has a static ip address (Fedora 13 for now, until the back up of 2 is complete). Machine 2 uses...
View ArticleMy old FreeAgent Desktop Drive
Died on me a month or so ago. It had been showing signs of failure so I backed it up while it still had some life in it and, since it is 5 or more years old, I shrugged and placed it aside for the time...
View ArticleUsing small ldap authentication server
Can someone point me to an up-to-date instruction for setting up an ldap server (via 389 I think) and then building a couple of more systems using the new resources during the build? It will be small...
View ArticleJoystick using Fedora 17
installed kernel-modules-extra & joystick...but when i jscal -c Code: [HMSS013@Phenom ~]$ jscal -c /dev/input/js0 Joystick has 28 axes and 112 buttons. Correction for axis 0 is none (raw),...
View ArticleNo sound after update to latest kernel
Dear forum, I have updated my system to kernel 3.6.9-2.. to do this, I run yum update and after that, all browsers except konqueror, have no sound when I am trying to view something on YouTube......
View ArticleDisplay wrong after update today.
I have been away for 10 days and on my return today I did an update which included kernel 3.6.9 PAE and a grub2 update amongst others. After rebooting to the new kernel I find my display which was...
View ArticleInstalling from source code
Ok...I admit I'm new to linux... but this is really bothering me... I've gotten used to the ease of YUM and RPM with install nice, neat packages, and even add software repositories, so I won't have to...
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problem on fresh install
ii see fedora 17 defult desktop screenshot its gnome 3 :) but after i installed i got desktop with up panel but no down panels , and i cant add any panel :blink: and also i cant right click on the...
View ArticleSUSE Linux Says Btrfs is Ready to Rock
Quote: The advanced Butter/Better/B-tree Filesystem, Btrfs, is still labeled as experimental in the Btrfs Wiki and on Oracle's Btrfs page though the Oracle page looks outdated. Btrfs is an advanced...
View Articlesudo missing from the 8 Dec rc1
Is this a bug or was it intentional? I did a yum install sudo when I found sudo missing. I also uncommented the wheel entry for nopasswd. (I prefer this one). I am currently downloading the 8dec...
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Suspend to RAM now and then
I have a Toshiba netbook (AMD C-50), which I usually take to bed every night and then suspend when I go to sleep. Often it wakes up without problems when I come from work but every now and then the...
View ArticleWired connection without internet
Hey guys, Hopefully this is a quick and simple question. I'm running F17 and I need to connect my machine to a local group of computers tied together with a network switch. I have a wireless connection...
View ArticleRPM Package Database vs YUM Software Repository
Hello everyone... Another question.. I've learned first of how to use RPM, then following that, I learned about YUM. From the wording of the book I'm using, it makes sound like both databases are for...
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